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Old 06-06-2008, 06:25 PM   #101
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FWIW & Archival purposes, anyone running a Stinger 4424 or 8860 standalone with external igniters, the trigger wires are as follows:
From ECU
Pink Cyl 1 trigger
Orange Red stripe Cyl 3 trigger
Yellow Red stripe Cyl 2 trigger
Grey Black stripe Cyl 4 trigger

Yellow wire to old coil pack connectors is common 12+.
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Old 06-13-2008, 07:41 PM   #102
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I found an interesting method of soldering the wires to the plugs. I took .250" 16-14 gauge quick disconnects, and you can slide the bottom end over each pin, and they literally click in. The pin somewhat slids into the crease where you would normally crimp. With all 3 in place its a very snug fit. Im not to handy with the soldering gun yet so I cut off a tiny bit of solder, and it fits perfectly down the quick disconnect where you would normally crimp. So with the solder in place, I click the quick disconnect in place, and then let the solder melt and fall onto the pin. Gave it a tug to make sure the connection was good. With all 3 in place it came out looking like this.



To me this seems like a good idea, but then again the first time I touched a soldering gun was to do this swap so im still pretty new at it. What do you guys think? Some heatshrink and some epoxy and it should be good? Im hoping to get to the conversion this weekend.
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Old 06-13-2008, 10:09 PM   #103
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nice dude! looks clean unlike my **** but i just cut off the surrounding plastic and soldered right onto the pins and epoxied over it lol
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Old 06-13-2008, 10:57 PM   #104
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ah not bad. I ended up just buying a wrx engine harness for something like $40 just so I can have the pigtails
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Old 06-14-2008, 12:36 AM   #105
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ah not bad. I ended up just buying a wrx engine harness for something like $40 just so I can have the pigtails
wow! you must have found one used!
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Old 06-14-2008, 10:51 PM   #106
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I have a set of new age coil plug connecters (with wire ofcourse) if anyone needs a set.
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Old 06-15-2008, 03:41 PM   #107
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i just did this conversion yesterday.. my car wasnt firing up. and it kept blowing fuses .. ne idea what causes this problem? everything is wired up as the instructions says i bought the pig tails for the newer coil packs and we wired merged it from there. if ne 1 can help with whats is going wrong please contact me thanks alot guys
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Old 06-16-2008, 07:11 PM   #108
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Helppp!!!
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Old 06-19-2008, 11:47 AM   #109
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make sure non of the pins arent in contact with each other inside the new coilpacks, if they are touching it can cause the short to blow fuses, something is wrong with the wiring, check it all again, even the basics.
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Old 06-24-2008, 10:05 PM   #110
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Anyone got any sources to get 02 coils? every store around me is charging 190+ for each coil. Ill buy some used ones even i need some asap to get my car running.
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Old 06-25-2008, 12:31 PM   #111
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Anyone got any sources to get 02 coils? every store around me is charging 190+ for each coil. Ill buy some used ones even i need some asap to get my car running.
Get used ones. The new style hardly ever fail in comparison so going used is usually a safe bet.
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Old 06-25-2008, 03:22 PM   #112
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Anyone know of a site that might have used coil's? Like a auto wreckers place or something?
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Old 06-26-2008, 09:30 PM   #113
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I have two 05 sti coils for $50. Wire up the same as the 02's and such, thats what im running on my car right now and these are my spares
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Old 07-03-2008, 12:31 AM   #114
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just finished the conversion on my car, works wonderful. couldn't be more pleased thanks for the write up!!
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Old 07-10-2008, 02:27 AM   #115
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Is there a model of the EJ20 that has a central coil pack rather than a coil on plug design? Reason I'm asking is because I have a set of nology plug wires that seem to be made for one and it's for an EJ20G.
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Old 07-10-2008, 03:01 AM   #116
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Yeah the EJ20K and the GC8 EJ205/7 both used central, manifold-mounted coil packs.
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Old 07-25-2008, 12:11 AM   #117
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Awesome mod, thanks Rob.
I had to hack ish out of them to fit the Legacy style cam covers but well worth it.
18 psi and it pulls clean.
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Old 07-25-2008, 01:56 AM   #118
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cool. Glad it worked for you.

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Old 08-24-2008, 02:01 AM   #119
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an one knows if you can convert 98 rs into Coil on plugs?
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Old 08-24-2008, 05:45 PM   #120
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an one knows if you can convert 98 rs into Coil on plugs?
I'm sure it could be POSSIBLE, but why would you want to?
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Old 09-09-2008, 07:05 PM   #121
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Almost two years later, one of the all time greatest hacks on a 20G.
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Old 09-19-2008, 03:42 PM   #122
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Going to do the mod.. one of mine is misfiring.

can i get STI's if only they are available?
is there a "best year to get" ?

thanks evan
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Old 09-19-2008, 04:00 PM   #123
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hhhhhb

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Old 09-19-2008, 04:04 PM   #124
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Going to do the mod.. one of mine is misfiring.

can i get STI's if only they are available?
is there a "best year to get" ?

thanks evan
I don't think it will matter. Get what you can find cheap.

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Old 09-19-2008, 04:13 PM   #125
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